Letters to the editor 10-19-12

Published: October 19, 2012 4:00AM

Prosecutor backs Wiles for judge

Editor:

I strongly support voting to keep Judge Latecia Wiles as Wayne County's Probate and Juvenile Court judge. When I took office as Wayne County prosecutor in January 2011, then Assistant Prosecutor Wiles was acting interim county prosecutor during the period between my predecessor's retirement and my appointment to the office. The very fact that the commissioners selected Latecia as the acting interim prosecutor in itself demonstrates the confidence my predecessor and the commissioners had in her abilities.

Prior to becoming prosecutor, I knew Latecia, but not well. After I took office, I soon discovered that Latecia is one of the most responsible, diligent, dependable, hard-working and smart people with whom I've had the pleasure to work. I quickly learned that I could depend upon her to competently complete every task, project or other important responsibility that I assigned to her. When I would leave on military duty, I left Latecia in charge of the office knowing that she would use her excellent judgment and common sense to handle all office matters fairly, efficiently and with the utmost integrity.

I was never disappointed. In fact, I was so grateful for and impressed with Latecia that I successfully nominated her for a prestigious Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association (OPAA) award in 2011. Among all assistant prosecutors in the State of Ohio, Latecia was honored by the OPAA with the 2011 Meritorious Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of the Year Award. How appropriate it was then when Latecia was appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy on the Probate and Juvenile Court bench left by retiring Judge Ray Leisy.

Since her appointment to the bench in April, Judge Wiles has done an outstanding job as Wayne County's Probate and Juvenile Court Judge. Over the course of my 25-year legal career, I have served from both behind and before the bench, and I've concluded that proper judicial demeanor is second only to rock-solid integrity when considering the most important character qualities of a good judge. Judge Wiles has both.

Judge Wiles is always courteous and respectful to all who come before her and she possesses what is often a rare quality in jurists -- humility. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office lost an invaluable asset when Judge Wiles was appointed to the bench, but the county gained an outstanding, fair-minded, humble judge with unparalleled integrity. Please vote to keep Judge Wiles.

Dan Lutz

Orrville

Many on the 'got mine' ship

Editor:

We seem to have an exceptional group of Republican candidates running for national office. And they all have one thing in common. They all travel in the "good ship I've got mine."

There's Willard Romney who would raise your taxes so he and his billionaire and millionaire friends can have a tax cut while you work hard. And he calls 47 percent of us irresponsible bums, the working poor, Social Security recipients, disabled, in combat. etc., and he only pays 15 percent in income tax while you pay much more.

And Willard is a guy who made his billions by closing our plants and shipping our jobs overseas.

And then there's Josh Mandel who wants you to pay his salary while he's absent from his job as Ohio's Secretary of State traveling around the country.

And then there's James Renacci who gets full health coverage paid for by us and one of his first votes in House was to make sure he can keep his health care for life. At the same time he is cutting breast and cervical cancer screenings. He, too, is riding in that "good ship I've got mine."

Bill Munger

Wooster

Sutton best to represent 16th District

Editor:

This is an unsolicited recommendation that you vote for Betty Sutton for the 16th District U.S. House of Representative seat. Betty has the worst of scenarios in that her district (the 13th) was eliminated by the recent gerrymandering of Ohio's districts. Issue 2 is on the ballot to eliminate the influence of politicians in creating just this kind of situation.

I have known Betty Sutton for many years and you could not find a better person to represent you in Congress. She truly believes in standing up for the "common man." She was well liked and respected in her district and any of her former constituents will tell you they were very satisfied with her work.

She has done everything in her power to encourage manufacturing in the United States with the emphasis on promoting jobs, thereby reducing unemployment. One of her pet projects was the 'Cash for Clunkers' initiative which encouraged people to trade in their old vehicles and purchase new ones. This had the effect of stimulating the economy and most importantly, the American automobile industry at a time when things were very dire in that segment of our industry.

Betty Sutton will be part of the solution to getting our country back on its feet. I strongly urge you to consider her to best represent you in Congress.

Vote for Betty Sutton.

Timothy A. Ritter

Doylestown

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Or we can let all tax cuts expire.It will only cost the loons a few thousand a year.Pocket change for you genius's.What will the dums do when they lose the Senate and White house?Should be fun to watch,and all the lawsuits that are sure to be filed by those wacky loons will be a blast.

October 20, 2012 11:23AM

Bam, spot on as always. We need to cut taxes for the wealthy so it trickles down and then billionaires will make jobs. The middle class will then go out and buy stuff with whatever little bit is left. We only ask that the middle class pay a little more to pay down Bushwars and Bushcare. We can't have an America that expects billionaires to pay truck driver or fireman rates. This would be punishing to a billionaire and my adminstration will take care of the 1% job creators. A vote for me is a vote for more sunny days of Bush.

October 19, 2012 10:29PM

The Salt Lake Tribune endorses Obama.______ Priceless

October 19, 2012 9:26PM

MittRomney, thanks for the great posts.

October 19, 2012 6:56PM

http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2012/10/19/the_7_most_trivial_campaign_issues_that_obama_has_embraced/page/full/...........by the way,what do YOU think will be Obama's October surprise?Will it be a drone strike in Libya,or perhaps a strike in Iran?You can bet he will do something to try to buy votes.He sure can't do it with the campaign he is running.

October 19, 2012 6:40PM

The point 4064 is that without the wealthy there would be NO JOBS.I know you loons have no sense but now you are being ridiculous.

October 19, 2012 5:20PM

1968 Mitt Romney was having the time of his life and the soldier in Vietnam was fighting for his life. Mitt says he wishs he had fought in Vietnam. Well Mitt let me tell one thing wishing you had fought and actually fighting in Vietnam are not the same. You conveniently use this line to squash stories that you are a chicken-hawk but would not serve in Vietnam

October 19, 2012 2:49PM

bam,I don't know where you get your ideas on who pays what on taxes,but you are way off.If the middle class does nothing to support the government then maybe the middle class,whats left of it, should only pay the rate that Romney pays.

October 19, 2012 2:15PM

Hey equalizer,here is a link for you about the lies Obama is telling about Libya.I bet it even made it to Canadian television since Obama is telling lies but FOXNEWS is reporting FACTS.You see FOXNEWS was the network to break this story with CNN right behind.They both have been calling out Obama for his lies and this link will tell you what is going to happen.........http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2012/10/19/romney-has-already-won-debate-3-and-obama-knows-it/

October 19, 2012 2:03PM

If a business doesn't pay a fair wage he(she) won't be able to hold on to employees.That is a real world fact.The middle class has never supported government,the support comes from business owners,that should be obvious.Without the owner there is no job therefore there is no middle class.Hence zero taxes are paid.That is what could happen if we continue on this course.But you loons seem to think money is free,sorry NOTHING is free.

October 19, 2012 11:24AM

4064, we need to take care of the 1% job creators. If we ask nurse and teacher to pay a little more then the rich are free to create jobs. We all need good servants on our yachts. We all need dancing horse manure shovelers. This is the America I want. One that isn't afraid to ask secretary or welder to push a little harder on the plow. We are not a nation who punishes billionaires by asking them to pay nurse rates. No sir, this is an America that coddles the rich.

October 19, 2012 11:12AM

Nothing wrong with a private businessman getting rich if he takes care of the people working for him,by paying a descent middle class wage and benefits. If he pays minimum wage and he gets greedy rich,then nobody really ends up paying taxes.The middle class has always paid enough taxes to take care of the rich and poor,but the greedy rich wanted more and by cutting the middle class is killing our great Country.Our kids and grandkids are having to work two or three low paying jobs to even have chance and others are making way more than they deserve.

October 19, 2012 10:33AM

So now a private businessman can't become rich?So where will all the tax money come from if that happens?Will it come from rich public officials?Not likely,since without tax money public officials can't survive.Unless of course they just print more worthless money.Tell me is it greed or jealousy that drives this debate?

October 19, 2012 8:50AM

good post marc!

October 19, 2012 8:11AM

"Governor Romney pointed out that President Obama’s pension holds investments in Chinese companies and even in a Cayman Islands trust. Unlike Romney’s self-directed Individual Retirement Account, the President’s pension is in a system over which the President has absolutely no control; it’s an account with the Illinois General Assembly Defined Benefit Pension Plan. To somehow compare that with the vast wealth that Romney has personally placed offshore is ludicrous.
While Romney was at the helm of Bain Capital, the private equity firm began forming all of its new funds in the Cayman Islands through labyrinthine structures that allow investors to legally avoid – and illegally evade – tax. In addition, Gov. Romney has a Bermuda corporation which has never been explained and, of course, there is that famous Swiss bank account. Over 250 of the 379 pages of Romney’s 2011 tax return are devoted to disclosing transactions with offshore corporations and partnerships. (CTJ)"
http://cassandrafiles.com/2012/10/18/about-obamas-pension-and-romneys-cayman-accounts/

October 19, 2012 7:52AM

And she didn't even sign a pledge,she just took money from Nancy and her PAC.Bet you loons didn't know that.Same way you didn't know that Obama's trust has Cayman Island accounts as well as investment in China.I wonder if him and Romney own the same companies?Obama won't tell you.

October 19, 2012 7:49AM

Let's all vote for Betty.She will vote the way Nancy tells her every time.No clone there.Does anyone still wonder why the left are called loons?

October 19, 2012 5:13AM

Tim,you are right on about voting for Betty.Renacci will vote however way Grover or whoever else he signs pledges wants them to vote.After all these Republicans sign all these pledges they are all clones with no power to work across the asile because their hands are tied.We need to get rid of these clone Congress and Senate people,they can't and won't do the job they voted to do.

October 19, 2012 4:40AM

You mean she will now vote FOR the people instead of voting the way queen Nancy tells her Tim?